... the text for May 5, 2020

Whatever a person is sowing, this he will also reap. - Gal. 6:7

I liked the question at the end of the comments:

Are you humble enough to accept sound advice?

Italics are mine. But, it stresses the point. We pay consequences for everything we do, good or bad. God deeds reap blessings, from others (praise, acknowledgment, more responsibility, more trust, life); bad deeds reap anxiety (loss of friends, alienation, lack of trust, unwanted pregnancy, disease, death).

While the comments in today's text were directed at children, it applies as much to adults. Don't fool yourself thinking that nothing will happen to you. It will catch up with you later. So, it's important to be humble enough to accept counsel and advice. The ones giving you advice care about you and want what's best for you. Those are your true fiends; the ones who keep silent while they watch you stumble around making mistakes are not your friends.

Being humble enough also includes feeling bad enough to change. If you make the excuse, "Well, I'm trying" or "I try not to" when you're confronted with something, you need to back it up with an effort in trying or trying not to. others will see your effort, and will cut you some slack and will help you, if you let them.

But, you must feel bad enough to change and be humble enough to know you need help. It will benefit you in the long run, and the prospect of living forever is the long run.